If I were you, I would have my eyes checked.

Here are some problems you may have had. Feel free to include

your own.

1. I'm always late.

2. My roommates are very noisy.

3. Coffee makes me nervous.

4. I speak my own language more than I speak English.

5. I need a much higher score on the TOEFL to get into the school

that I am interested in.

6. The car that I have now uses a lot of gas.

7. I've been gaining a lot of weight since I began to study here.

8. I never seem to have any money left at the end of the month.

Activity Many countries honor their great citizens with statues

or monuments after the persons have died. Japan, however, is

different. Japan has a special title, "National Living Treasure,"

which is given to a few select individuals during their lifetime.

Imagine that your country gave the title "National Living

Treasure." If you were to choose people from your country, whom

would you choose and why? (If you are from Japan, make your

own choices and, if possible, compare them with your

government's choices.) In pairs or in small groups, share your

ideas. Make sure to include some of the following in your choices:

1. women

2. politicians

3. teenagers

4. scientists

5. humanitarians

6. artists (musicians, actors or painters, etc.)

For example, if you were to choose a woman, who might it be?

Exercise 27:

Combine the following sentences by using if.

Places to Live and to Visit

Example:I wish I had visited New York. Then, I could have seen

the Statue of Liberty.

If I had visited New York, I could have seen the Statue

Of Liberty.

1. I wish I had gone to San Francisco. Then, I could have ridden

the cable cars all the time.

2. I wish I had chosen to study in Hawaii. Then, I could have gone

swimming every day.

3. I wish I had studied Greek. Then, I could have gone to school

in Athens.

4. I wish I had applied to schools in Montreal. Then, I could have

studied both French and English.

5. I wish I had saved more money. Then, I could have made a

trip throughout North America.

6. I wish I had planned my studies differently. Then, I could have

visited more places.

Exercise 28:

Answer the following questions in your own words.

1. If you had had the choice, where would you have been born?

2. If you had had the choice, would you have grown up in a city

or in the country?

3. If you had chosen a different language to study, what would

it have been?

4. If you had chosen a different city to study in, where might you

have gone?

5. If you had been able to begin your studies at any time, when

would you have begun?

6. If you had chosen a different career, what might you have

studied?

Exercise 29:

Answer the following questions in your own words.

1. What would life be like today if someone hadn't invented the

automobile? The airplane? The telephone?

2. What might your life be like today if you had been born the

opposite sex? Sixty years ago? In a different climate or country?

3. What couldn't you do today if you hadn't enrolled in this school?

Learned English?

Exercise 30:

Boston is a very "livable" city. In recent years, it has

made major improvements. These have made the city even more

pleasant.

Change the following sentences to include ifclauses.

Change very to sowhen necessary. Use either simple or perfect

modals in the main clause.

Example:Boston valued its past; as a result, it restored many old

buildings.

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